Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-08-11


tho he did furnish lot Of stock quotations
A merciful man, that, who took has gas
meter to the country with him for little
rest The poor, over-wOrked thing did look
so tired.
Mr. Jefferson Davis draws clear cut line
between moral suasion in temperance mat
tiers and the arbitrary enforcement found IN
prohibition.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buekner has redeem
ed the promise made to his beautiful young
bride. She is now the wife Of the Governor
of Kentucky.
The much talked about Boulanger-Ferry
duel is off" and it is now referred to as
an incident. If either Of them ever gets
killed in duel it will be an accident
Chairman Barbour told the Roanoke
Convention that MIR. Cleveland was the
best President we have had for quarter oil
a century" True as gospel-eyery word OF
il.
How foolish it is TO make fun OF the
homemade hustle. There is not a girl who
makes her own hustle but is backed by
some of the most influential papers OF the
tines. Rud Herald
John Sherman is taking an airing on the
Canadian Pacific as far as Puget Sound and
-congenial atmospheIe-Alaska. Mean
while the Toledo endorsement is securely
tied up at Mansfield so it can't get away.
JAY Gould has been telling newspaper
men chow rich man suffers He don't
picture it half as strong as the Bible does,
where it tells about rich man who would
have traded half a dozen railroads for one
drink of cool water.
Under the blue laws of the District of
Columbia now in force, when everything
travelling a; night upon Washington City
thoroughfircs must have a headlight, will
the blossom on the tip Of the toPer's nose
meet the ordinance requirement?
"Yis. captain. oi WIZ wounded sir Shot IN
me breast no Bull Run. sir. How could th1t
be. when You were running from the enemy
Och. We see. sir. oi wuz sthruch betwane me
shoulders, an' it wint clear trough, SIR.
There's another man who didn't know G.
nough to wear his breastplate on the rear.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis wrote q letter to the
managers Of an anti-prohibition meeting at
Fort Worth, Texas, opposing prohibition
ON the ground that it coyertly assails State
sovereignty. The world, moreover, Mr..
Davis contends. is governed too much.
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An old lady of Bakersfield observes
GLOW styles have changed since l was a
girl. They used to wear dresses up to the
neck. and gloves with only one button.
Now they wear gloves TO the neck and dres-
ses with only one button, and some Of 'em
don't even button that
A Philadelphia society leader, Mrs. b. IL.
Moore. is booming with pen and scientific
parlor parties the lingering Kelley motor. -
We confess to belief that the X. m. had
obligingly petered out long ago, but It's
feminine advocate declares that il is only
question of time, etc, etc, etc, etc.
To emphasize the contradiction of jim
gees rumored illness abroad member of
his party writes home that Blaine has sew
eral times actually danced on the green, a
thing he has not done for years That
is To soy not since 1851 when he SO Justify
capered ON that color for the beguiling Of
his Miesian admirers.
John $ Barbour is said to have laid mis- anti
administration theories tside and TO have come
out for Cleveland for second term. -Etctdlgf.
OF course he has. Like many other good
democrats Mr. Barbour recognizes a rare
type of executive excellence when he sees
it and as for the Presidents one vagary-
well, he deems it wisdom to wink at ,civil
seryice) sin for the sake of repentance.
Since Jimgee has acquired proficiency in
doing the Highland Fling Old Slenderlegs, |
being presumably more supple about his
i'ints, should promptly take to the ballet
No more clog dancing will suffice. The /
honorable John must paw tine air with bis
spiral senatorial shauks or-despitc the To- |
ledo recommend stand humbled in the ewes |
Of all Ohio creation.
The mysterious disappearance Of John |
McCarroll, Treasurer of the City of Staun- |
ton, two years ago Is about to be solved. |
lie was supposed to have been murdered,
or had put an end 70 his life, but within a
few days past he has been seen and talked I
70 by the Chief of Police. lie expects to
return to Staunton. lie says his accounts
were all straight, and that be left for rea-
sons of private nature.
Dr. McGlynn SAYS the time will speedily
come when there viii bc So few hours of labor
that work viii only bccomea healthy pastime.
Il is worse than folly for Dr. McGlynn 20
be beguiling mon into such expectations
d" By the sweat of thy face man shall eat
bread is a reliable announcement. Gould.
with his riches that surpass the mines of
Golconda, is in perpetual respiration